Peru Trade March 2017

Peru: Trade surplus shrinks to six-month low in March

May 11, 2017

In March, the trade balance recorded a USD 76 million surplus, which was a strong decrease from the trade surplus of USD 702 million registered in February and the smallest surplus in six months. Nonetheless, the print represented a robust improvement from the USD 5.0 million surplus recorded in the same month last year.

Peru’s trade balance recorded a USD 1.1 billion surplus in December, a substantial increase from November’s USD 588 million surplus and matching the USD 1.1 billion surplus recorded in the same month of last year.
Growth in exports moderated considerably in December, decelerating to 7.3% year-on-year from November’s 21.4% expansion.